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Installing a SSD storage drive
Use these instructions to install an SSD storage drive into the blade server.
The blade server has two SSD storage bays for installing SSD storage drives. One
storage drive might already be installed in the blade server in storage bay 0. If the
blade server is equipped with one storage drive, you can install an additional drive
in storage bay 1. The blade server supports using RAID 0 or RAID 1 when two
storage drives of the same interface type are installed. See "Configuring a RAID
array" on page 35 for information about RAID configuration.
To install an SSD storage drive, complete the following steps.
1. Identify the SSD storage bay (storage bay 0 or storage bay 1) in which the
2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the storage drive to any
3. Slide the SSD storage drive into the storage bay until it is firmly seated in the
4. Install the front bezel onto the blade server (see "Installing the bezel assembly"
5. If an expansion was installed, install the expansion unit (see "Installing an
6. Install the cover onto the blade server (see "Closing the blade server cover" on
7. Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit (see "Installing the blade
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storage drive will be installed (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
Attention: To maintain a RAID array, an SSD storage drive must be installed
into the same SSD connector it was removed from.
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface
on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the hard disk drive from
the package.
connector.
on page 60).
optional expansion unit" on page 58).
page 56).
server in a BladeCenter unit" on page 53).
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